Today is Sister Vivian Ivantic’s 100th birthday. She’s spent 90 of those years hoping to one day become a priest, and she still holds firm to that conviction. “I think the American church is outstanding,” she told The Chicago Tribune. “But I’m waiting for women’ ordination. We have been deprived of the celebration of the Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Women priests’
Pope Francis’ woman problem
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Last week, Pope Francis loosed a media tsunami by dropping a pebble of sanity into an ocean of religious angst. “If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has goodwill, who am I to judge?” he told reporters on the flight back to Rome after his trip to Brazil. What did it Read more
Irish Catholics want married priests and women priests
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
The vast majority of Ireland’s Catholics want married priests and women priests, reports the Independent. The finding is the result of a poll conducted by Ireland’s Association of Catholic priests (ACP) which has one of its founding members silenced and sent to a monastery for a period of reflection. The ACP claim a mandate from mass-goers Read more
A first: Anglican women priests outnumber men in UK
Friday, February 17th, 2012
In 2010, women priests outnumbered male priests for the first time in the Church of England, reports Vatican Insider. The latest available official figures for 2010 show that 290 women were ordained in 2010, compared with just 273 men. For one of the most hotly debated topics in Church circles, this marks a historical moment. Read more
Call for Maori women to become Catholic priests
Friday, October 28th, 2011The acting head of a Rotorua-based Maori theological college says there are calls for Maori women to become Catholic priests.
A Catholic Church spokesperson says there have been calls for women to be ordained but it’s the first time he’s heard of the particular request for Maori women priests.
Read the article...Influential Cardinal on woman priests, celibacy and the power of Rome
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
In an interview with Anthony Gaspari of Zenit the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Mauro Piacenza touches on all the issues that will certainly emerge during the Papal visit to Germany. He comments on women’s ordination, the influence of the Vatican, ecumenism, celibacy and vocations. Is the ordination of women to be considered Read more
Austria: Priests’ revolt threatened with ‘consequences’
Friday, September 2nd, 2011
A drive by Austrian priests to reform the rules around the ordination of women and an end to celibacy is getting widespread support. In a recent poll conduced by the Oekonsult polling institute, 71.7% of Austrians said the “priests initiative” was both “fair and reasonable”, with 64.7% saying they would sign a “call for insubordination”. The “Priests’ Read more
Cardinal’s openness to women priests reconsidered
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011The “diplomatic incident” in which the Cardinal Archbishop of Lisbon, Jose da Cruz Policarpo was involved in recent weeks, following the release of some opening statements in relation to women priests, seems to have been permanently dismissed. As reported by Vatican Radio, the Pope, in fact sent him a letter expressing his wishes on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Archbishop’s priestly ordination. In the letter, he recognized the Cardinal’s “sound doctrine,” among other things.
Read the article...Final day for priest advocate of women’s ordination
Friday, August 19th, 2011
Wednesday 17 August was ‘the’ day for Fr Roy Bourgeois to recant from his support of women’s ordination. All he has to say to avoid dismissal from the Maryknoll Fathers are the two words “I recant,” however doing so means he will not be true to himself. “Wednesday is the day,” Father Bourgeois said in Read more
Cardinal clarifies view on Women’s ordination
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Cardinal Jose Policarpo of Lisbon has issued a statement clarifying remarks he made on women’s ordination during an interview with the Portuguese Order of Lawyers. The cardinal wants to clearly explain his position “as bishop and pastor of the People of God.” Cardinal Policarpo, who was elected president of the Bishops’ Conference of Portugal in Read more